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Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Letter from Superintendent Robert Kells to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 2, 1865
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Butchers (Persons)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Commercial agents
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Congress
Confederate States of America. War Department
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Enterprise (Miss.)
Gardeners
Handy, Unknown
Hospitals
Hospitals--Employees
Justices of the peace
Kells, Robert
Mental illness
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. State Hospital
Poindexter, Unknown
Stewards
Superintendents
Supervisors
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Washburn, C. C. (Cadwallader Colden), 1818-1882
Affidavit and appeal from Lucinda Cantrill and Mary Jane Smyth to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 13, 1865
African Americans
Black, Davie
Brown, Stephen A.
Cantrill, Lucinda
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 33rd (Hurst's)
Crime
Crime--Burglary
Crime--Larceny
Crime--Rape and Sexual Assault
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Enslaved people
Greene County (Miss.)
Impoverished people
Jails
Justices of the peace
Lawyers
Lewis, Unknown
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Marriage
Military Events--Military leaves and furloughs
Military Status--Military families
Prisons
Probate courts
Public prosecutors
Sheriffs
Smith, Mary Jane
Spikes, Lucinda
Spikes, Tyra
Trial
Widows
Williams, James
Letter from Assistant Surgeon S. J. Terry to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 4, 1865
Blair, James
Carthrin, Unknown
Charleston (S.C.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 11th
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 11th. Company H
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 1st (Adams'/Woods')
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 1st (Adams'/Woods'). Company E
Confederate States of America. War Department
Conscript officers
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Disease and illness
Dowd, William F.
Greensboro (Miss.)
Headquarters, Military
Hospitals
Judges
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Status--Draftees
Mount Milling (S. C.)
Muldrow, Robert C.
Murdock, Abraham
Perrin, Robert O.
Physicians
Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880
South Carolina
Surgeons
Terry, S. J.
Trial
Under Review
Letter from General William L. Brandon to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 19, 1865
Brandon, William Lindsay, 1801-1890
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Enterprise (Miss.)
Headquarters, Military
Jackson (Miss.)
Macon (Miss.)
McCraven, J. W.
Military Events--Military transfer
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Simmons, Davis
Trial
Under Review
Letter from Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 16, 1864
City Council Members
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Commissioners
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Edenburg (Miss.)
Hudson, Robert S.
Judges
Kosciusko (Miss.)
Lawyers
Leake County (Miss.)
Macon (Miss.)
Military Events--Military service exemption
Niles, Jason
Schools
Letter from M. G. Moore to Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts; August 1864
Alabama
Alabama. Convict Labor
Alabama. Executive Department
Alabama. Governor
Alabama. Legislature
Alabama. State Penitentiary (Wetumpka, Ala.)
Baker, A. C.
Brown, Unknown
Columbus (Miss.)
Cotton factors
Courts
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Inspectors
Jackson (Miss.)
Mechanics
Mississippi Convict Leasing
Mississippi. Executive Department
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Montgomery (Ala.)
Moore, M. G.
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Physicians
Prison Guard
Prison wardens
Prisons
Rice, J. M.
Rice, Unknown
Saxon, L. P.
Shorter, John Gill, 1818-1872
Under Review
Watts, Thomas Hill, 1819-1892
Wetumpka (Ala.)
Williams, Thomas
Letter from T. P. Ware to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 1, 1864
Adjutants
Augusta (Miss.)
Brandon (Miss.)
Canton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clinton (Miss.)
Collecting of accounts
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Davis, Amos
Depots
Deputize
Enslaved people
Georgia
Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911
Jackson (Miss.)
Law Offices
Law Offices--Ware & Smith, Attorneys at Law (Brandon, Miss.)
Lawyers
Maxey, Unknown
Meridian (Miss.)
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Grierson's Cavalry Raid, Miss., 1863
Mississippi. High Court of Errors and Appeals
Provost Marshals
Raymond (Miss.)
Sheriffs
Simpson County (Miss.)
Under Review
United States. Army
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Ware, T. P.
Watts, A. B.
Yazoo City (Miss.)
Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 30, 1864
Appointment to office
Attorneys General
Boards of Police
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Confederate States of America. Congress
Confederate States of America. President
Confederate States of America. War Department
Crime
Crime--Treason
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Deputize
Jackson (Miss.)
Jails
Judges
Lauderdale County (Miss.)
Merwin, Unknown
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Events--Military elections
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Draftees
Military training camps
Mississippi Home Guard
Police
Probate courts
Ragsdale, L. A.
Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880
Sheriffs
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883
Stewart, Unknown
Wharton, T. J.
Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 27, 1864
Alabama
Alabama. Convict Labor
Alabama. State Penitentiary (Wetumpka, Ala.)
Attorneys General
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Congress
Confederate States of America. Congress. Legislation. Impressment Law (1863)
Courts
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Jackson (Miss.)
Jails
Louisiana
Military Events--Invasions
Military Events--Military discharge
Military training camps
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Office of the Attorney General
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Sheriffs
Superintendents
United States. Army
Wharton, Thomas J.
Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 5, 1864
African Americans
Alabama
Appointment to office
Attorneys General
Bunoms?, D. N.
Canton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Draft
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Death
Demopolis (Ala.)
Dickens, C. R.
Enslaved people
Gillespie, Unknown
Goode, Unknown
Harris, Unknown
Hunt, Unknown
Hurst, Unknown
Inspectors
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Laspley?, Unknown
Mansless?, C. H.
Messengers
Mississippi. Office of the Attorney General
Mississippi. Secretary of State
Mississippi. State Capitol Building
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Mississippi. Supreme Court
Napier, J. C.
Political elections
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864
Resignation
Russell, Unknown
Selma (Ala.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Unknown, Charles
Virden, Alex
Wharton, Thomas J.
Whitfield, James
Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to W. C. Watson; December 21, 1863
African Americans
Arkansas
Belgium
Belgium. Consulat général (New York, N.Y.)
Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884
Boards of Medicine
Brown, Albert Gallatin, 1813-1880
Chalmers, James R. (James Ronald), 1831-1898
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Commercial agents
Confederate States of America--Commissary
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Congress
Confederate States of America. Congress. Legislation. Impressment Law (1863)
Confederate States of America. Irregulars
Confederate States of America. President
Conscript officers
Contraband of war--Enslaved people
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Courts--Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Crime
Crime--Arson
Crime--Contempt of Court
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Enslaved people
Europe
Expulsion
Forts
France
France. Conseil royal des finances et du commerce
Immigrants
Impressing Agents
Impressment
Impressment--Enslaved people
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891
Judges
Legislators
Louisiana
Macon (Miss.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Vicksburg, Siege of, Miss., 1863
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Draft resisters
Military Status--Draftees
Military training camps
Mississippi River
Mississippi. Executive Department
Mississippi. Judiciary
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XXXVI (1863)
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Office of the Attorney General
Mississippi. Quartermaster Department
Mississippi. Supreme Court
New Orleans (La.)
Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), 1814-1881
People with disabilities
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878
Richmond (Va.)
Surgeons
Tennessee
United States. Army
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Watson, J. W. C.
Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; December 21, 1863
Alabama
Alabama. Governor
Alabama. Supreme Court
Appointment to office
Attorneys General
Boards of Medicine
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Bureau of Conscription
Confederate States of America. Congress
Confederate States of America. Department of Justice
Confederate States of America. War Department
Conscript officers
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Hooker, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1825-1914
Jackson (Miss.)
Jury
Kentucky
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Status--Draftees
Military training camps
Mississippi. Executive Department
Mississippi. Supreme Court
Physicians
Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878
Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880
Surgeons
Trial
Under Review
United States. Congress
Watts, T. H. (Thomas Hill), 1819-1892
Wharton, T. J.
Incomplete letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; December 28, 1863
Attorneys General
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Congress
Confederate States of America. Supreme Court
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Marshall, Charles J.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts. General Court
Massachusetts. Legislation. Chapter 111 (Unknown)
Mississippi. High Court of Errors and Appeals
Mississippi. Supreme Court
Wharton, Thomas J.
Wiley, B. J.
Letter to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 30, 1863
Brock, Unknown
Choctaw County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Crime
Crime--Lynching
Crime--Shooting
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
LeGrand, John N.
Mecklin, A. P.
Mecklin, John A.
Military Events--Insubordination
Military Status--Military stragglers
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Regiment
Poplar Creek (Miss.)
Post offices
Simpson, W. H.
Wounds and injuries
Yazoo River Watershed (Miss.)
Letter from T. F. Sevier to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark with enclosure; January 25, 1864
Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Grenada (Miss.)
Headquarters, Military
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891
Lee, Stephen D. (Stephen Dill), 1833-1908
Macon (Miss.)
Meridian (Miss.)
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864
Sevier, T. F.
United States. Army
Telegram from President Andrew Johnson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 24, 1865
Conventions
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnston, Andrew
Latham, Milton S. (Milton Slocum), 1827-1882
Mississippi. Legislature
New Orleans (La.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company--United States Military Telegraph Office (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
Petition from John Wilson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; 1865
African Americans
Archer, Unknown
Canton (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, Henderson's Scouts
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Death
Disease and illness
Grand jury
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Hudson, Robert S.
Immigrants
Impoverished people
Ireland
Jails
Judges
Madison County (Miss.)
Merchants
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Sherman's March to the Sea, 1864
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Military Status--Military families
Military Status--Veterans
Prison Guard
Selling--Alcohol
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Smith, Franklin
Stores, Retail
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
Taylor, William J.
Wilson, John
Wyse, Unknown
Letter from General H. W. Slocum to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 25, 1865
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Headquarters, Military
Jackson, Joseph L.
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Judges
Merwin, D. O.
Mississippi. Executive Department
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey to General Henry W. Slocum; July 22, 1865
Courts
Crime
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Jackson (Miss.)
Jackson, Joseph L.
Judges
Merwin, D. O.
Mississippi. Executive Department
Provost Marshals
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Warren County (Miss.)
Washington County (Miss.)
Letter from D. O. Merwin to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; June 28, 1865
Appointment to office
Buck, Richard
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Conventions
Courts
Crime
Crime--Contempt of Court
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Judges
Lawyers
Merwin, D. O.
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Miller, Horace
Secretaries
Sharkey, W. L., Jr.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Smith, Unknown
United States. President
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Washington (D.C.)
Yerger, E. M. (Edward M.)
Abstract; Undated
Alabama
Berry, M. F.
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 31st
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 31st. Company A
Confederate States of America. War Department
Courts
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Frinkle, Unknown
Hancock, William M.
Irwin, T. K.
Judges
Judicial Districts
Judicial Districts--8th (Miss.)
Ketchum, John R.
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Draftees
Military Status--Military substitutes
Military training camps
Mobile (Ala.)
Scott, Dred, 1809-1858--Trials, litigation, etc.
Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880
Trial
Letter from M. R. Clark to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 27, 1863
Clark, M. R.
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office
Confederate States of America. Army. General Order No. 82
Confederate States of America. Bureau of Conscription
Confederate States of America. War Department
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Enterprise (Miss.)
Fuikel, Lewis
Hancock, William M.
Immigrants
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Events--Military leaves and furloughs
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Status--Military substitutes
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Letter from Captain John S. Neal to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 23, 1863
Bolton (Miss.)
Brinson, C. S.
Brookhaven (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Congress
Confederate States of America. Congress. Legislation. Twenty Negro Law (1862)
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Disease and illness
Impressment
Impressment--War Material
Jackson (Miss.)
Jails
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Langston, W. A.
Lawrence County (Miss.)
Lawyers
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Military Status--Military substitutes
Military training camps
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Minute Men Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1862-1863)
Mississippi. Militia. Minute Men Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1862-1863). Company A
Monticello (Miss.)
Neal, John S.
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Polk, J. H.
Polk, J. T.
Prison Guard
Reed, Ezekiel
Robertson, E. G.
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Widowers
Telegram from Richard Cooper to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 2, 1864
Appointment to office
Brandon (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Cooper, Richard
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Judges
Macon (Miss.)
Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Ky.)
Thorton, J. J.
Watts, Unknown
Letter from Rodney Payton to O. H. Crandall; September 17, 1869
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crandall, O. H.
Crime
Crime--Affray
Crime--Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon
Crime--Assault and battery
Crime--Larceny
Crime--Murder
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Death
Hill, Robert Andrews
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Jury
McGowan, Unknown
Military Districts--8th (Miss.)
Military Events--Martial law
Military Events--Military discharge
Murdock, John
Payton, Rodney
Physicians
Sheriffs
Trial
Yerger, E. M. (Edward M.)
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